previous next
ὄρνις , , also Il.9.323, 14.290, al., freq. in Att., cf. 111 ; gen. ὄρνι_θος; acc. sg. ὄρνι_θα and ὄρνιν, neither in Hom. : pl., nom. and acc. ὄρνι_θες, -θας, but in acc. also ὄρνεις or ὄρνι_ς (S.OT966, E.Hipp.1059, Ar.Av.717, 1250, 1610, D.19.245, etc.):—also ὄρνιξ , PCair.Zen.375.1 (iii B. C.), v.l. in Ev.Luc.13.34, called Ion. and Dor. by Phot. (but ὄρνις nom. in Alcm. 26.4); acc.
A.ὄρνι_χαPi.O.2.88; gen. “ὄρνι_χοςId.I. 6(5).53: nom. pl. “ὄρνι_χεςB.5.22, Theoc.7.47; gen. pl. “ὀρνίχωνAlcm. 67, Abh.Berl.Akad.1925(5).33 (Cyrene, iv B. C.) ; dat. ὄρνιξι, ὀρνίχεσσι, Pi.P.5.112,4.190 (ὄρνιξι also in PLond.1.131r.125, al. (i A. D.)): on the gender and declens., v. Ath.9.373 sq. (Cf. ὄρν-εον, Goth.ara, gen. arins 'eagle', etc.) [In the trisyll. cases ι_ always: Hom. has ὄρνι_ς in Il.9.323,12.218, but ὄρνι^ς ib.24.219 ; and later Ep. use both ὄρνι_ς and ὄρνι^ς: in Trag. both quantities are found, ὄρνι^ς in A. Fr.304.3 (-ι^ν), S.Ant.1021, El.149 (lyr.), Fr.654, E.HF72, and so Philem.79.10 ; but “ὄρνι_ςE.Ba.1365, and always in Ar. (Av.103, al.), for in ib.168, the words τίς ὄρνι^ς οὗτος; are borrowed from Sophocles; ὄρνι_ς is said to be Att., EM632.8.]
I. bird, including birds of prey and domestic fowls, Hom., etc.; applied to ostriches, X. An.1.2.7 : freq. added to the specific names, “ὄρνισιν ἐοικότες αἰγυπιοῖσινIl.7.59 ; “λάρῳ ὄρνιθι ἐοικώςOd.5.51; . ἀηδών, πέρδιξ, S.Aj. 629,Fr.323 ; . ἁλκυών, . κύκνος, E.IT1089 (lyr.), Hel.19.
II. like οἰωνός, bird of omen, from the flight or cries of which the augur divined, Hes.Op.828 ; δεξιός, ἀριστερὸς ὄρνις, Il.13.821, Od.20.242, al. ; “χρηστηρίους ὄρνιθαςA.Th.26, cf.Ag.112,157 (both lyr.); “. αἴσιοςS.OT52, cf. Plu.Fab.19, Gal.12.314 ; “ὀρνίθων οἰωνίσματαE.Ph. 839.
2. metaph., omen taken from the flight or cries of birds, Il.10.277, al.: generally, omen, presage, without direct reference to birds, 24.219, Pi.P.4.19 ; “ὄρνιθα δ᾽ οὐ ποιῶ σε τῆς ἐμῆς ὁδοῦA.Fr.95, cf. E.IA988, Ar.Pl.63, Av.719 sqq.; v. ὅδιος.
III. in Att. ὄρνις, , is mostly, cock, S.El.18 ; “κοκκυβόας .Id.Fr.791, cf. Ar.V.815 ; ὄρνις, , hen, Men.167,168, PCair.Zen.266 (iii B. C., pl.); ἀλέκτορα καὶ ὄρνιθα τελέαν cock and hen, TAM2(1).245.8 (Lycia); in full, “. ἐνοίκιοςA.Eu.866 ; “θήλεια .S.Fr.477 ; πότερον . ταὧς; Ar.Av.102 (with play on this signf. and signf. I) ; ὄρνιξ σιτευτός fatted fowl, PCair.Zen.375.1 ; “ὀρνίθων φοινικολόφωνTheoc.22.72, cf. 24.64, Mosch.3.49 ; “. οἰκίηςBabr.17.1 ; also, goose, Id.123.1.
IV. in pl. sts., bird-market, D.19.245 ; cf. “ὄρνεον11.
V. Μοισᾶν ὄρνιχες song-birds, i.e. poets, Theoc.7.47.
VI. Provs.: “διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνινA.Ag. 394 (lyr.) ; “. ὥς τις ἐκ χερῶν ἄφαντοςE.Hipp.828; ὀρνίθων γάλα 'pigeon's milk', i.e. any marvellous dainty or good fortune, Ar. V.508,Av.1673, Mnesim.9, Men.936 ; but “ὄρνιθος γάλαwhite of egg, Anaxag.22 ; also a plant, v. ὀρνιθόγαλον.
VII. a constellation, later Cygnus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.16, Arat.275, Ptol.Tetr. 26.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (50 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (50):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 112
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 157
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 394
    • Aeschylus, Eumenides, 866
    • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 26
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 103
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1610
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 719
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 102
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1250
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1673
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 168
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 717
    • Aristophanes, Plutus, 63
    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 508
    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 815
    • Bacchylides, Epinicians, 5.22
    • Demosthenes, On the False Embassy, 245
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 1365
    • Euripides, Helen, 19
    • Euripides, Heracles, 72
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 1059
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 828
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Aulis, 988
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 1089
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 839
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 828
    • Homer, Iliad, 13.821
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.290
    • Homer, Iliad, 24.219
    • Homer, Iliad, 7.59
    • Homer, Odyssey, 20.242
    • Homer, Odyssey, 5.51
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 629
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 1021
    • Sophocles, Electra, 18
    • Sophocles, Electra, 149
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 52
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 966
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.2.7
    • Homer, Iliad, 10.277
    • Homer, Iliad, 12.218
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.323
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 791
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 323
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 477
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 654
    • New Testament, Luke, 13.34
    • Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, 19
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 26
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: